Comparison

Haven Private Circles vs MiLa Chat

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Haven Private Circles

A private social network focused on secure sharing with close friends and family. It offers end-to-end encrypted posts, messages, and calls, with options for offline sharing and personal data storage. No ads, tracking, or algorithms are present.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted sharing
  • Private circles for family and friends
  • Direct and group messaging
  • Group voice and video calls
  • Offline nearby sharing
  • Bring your own storage option
  • No account or personal information required
Features
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Haven is a private social network for the people who actually matter. No ads. No tracking. No algorithm deciding what you see. No company server holding your memories. Everything you share is end-to-end encrypted with hybrid post-quantum cryptography and travels between your devices over the internet — directly, or through a relay that can't read it — or over Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi when you're together offline. Even we can't read it. • Private circles — share with family and close friends in separate, invite‑only circles, and always see exactly who a post will reach • Posts, photos, videos & stories — with a modern camera, easy captions, and a song • Direct & group messages — with sender names, timestamps, and delivery checks, plus scheduled and screenshot‑protected secret messages • Group voice & video calls — 1:1 and group, with screen sharing, peer‑to‑peer, no call server in the middle • All your devices in sync — start on iPhone, pick up on iPad or Mac; your posts and messages follow you • Disappearing posts — you decide how long things stick around • Nearby sharing — works with no internet at all, phone to phone • Your relay does the heavy lifting — photos and videos go up once to a relay you run and friends fetch them from there, so your phone stays cool; or keep memories on your own S3 bucket • Stays out of your way — big transfers wait while you're on a call, or when your device is hot or in Low Power Mode • No account, no phone number, no email — your identity lives only on your device Haven is a stronghold for the people you love. It's built so that no one — not advertisers, not data brokers, not even the people who made it — can get between you and your circle.

About

MiLa Chat

Features
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You write in your language. They read in theirs. Nobody taps a translate button. MiLa Chat translates messages right on your device using Apple's on-device technology. Nothing is sent to a server to be translated, it works offline, and it costs nothing. THREE SIDES OF ONE IDEA Read — incoming messages in another language appear in yours. One tap shows the original. Write — as you type, you see the translation into your recipient's language, and you can edit it before sending. Listen — turn a voice message into text with one tap, then that text gets translated too. A Japanese voice note becomes readable in your language. EVERYTHING A MESSAGING APP NEEDS • Private chats, groups and channels • Voice and video calls, media travels directly between devices • Voice messages, photos, video • Secret chats with end-to-end encryption and self-destructing messages • 24-hour stories • Anonymous posting in groups PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No phone number required. Sign up with email or Apple. • We never read your address book. Add friends by username or QR code. • No ads, no third-party trackers. • Translation and transcription never leave your device. • Delete your account inside the app, instantly and completely. SAFETY Block and report are available on every message. Every report is handled within 24 hours. Note: translation and transcription require iOS 18 or later. Older devices get full messaging, calling and voice messages.

Screenshots

Haven Private Circles4 screens
MiLa Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Haven Private Circles at 4 against MiLa Chat's 2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Haven Private Circles versus MiLa Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaven Private CirclesMiLa Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB20 MB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperBlaine MillerATHENE GROUP LTD

In-app purchases

None

Haven Private Circles

No in-app purchases

None

MiLa Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Haven Private Circles free?
Haven Private Circles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MiLa Chat free?
MiLa Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Haven Private Circles or MiLa Chat have ads?
Neither Haven Private Circles nor MiLa Chat shows ads.

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